As the MA legislature is poised to vote on whether it wants polluting biomass in its clean energy legislation, the Baker administration tries to roll back other hard-won rules that limit this dirty energy source.
All posts, Massachusetts, Subsidies
Biden taps Vilsack for agriculture post – can we afford more business as usual?
All posts, US Federal Policy, US Work, Washington DC
Canadian citizen joins suit against Korean government alleging irreparable harm to forests and climate from use of British Columbia wood pellets
Air Pollution, All posts, Biomass basics, Carbon emissions, International, Litigation, wood_pellets
Proposed legislation throws a lifeline to a biomass plant developers keep trying to build in an environmental justice community in Springfield MA
Air Pollution, All posts, Massachusetts
The US Climate Action Network (USCAN) Vision for Equitable Climate Action roundly rejects biomass energy and offers a progressive plan for saving the planet
All posts, Forests, US Work
Analysis supports appeal of lawsuit against EU on forest biomass
Carbon emissions, European Policy, Forests, International, Main reports, Reports, Slider content
Paying people to burn wood for energy and simply counting the emissions as zero, as the EU now does, is hollowing out forests and actually increasing GHG emissions. Stopping this practice is essential climate mitigation – which is what we desperately need.
Air Pollution, All posts, Biomass basics, Carbon emissions, European Policy, International, Litigation
Mobilizing comments to the EU on the 2030 Climate Target Initiative
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Finance standards reject EU’s biomass “sustainability criteria” as not protecting forests and the climate
All posts, Bioenergy finance, Biomass basics, Carbon emissions, International
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